And when I learned that you did the Soul Glo jingle, my mind was blown. Why didn't we know about this? I got that job because the person who was in charge of music at Paramount Pictures at the time, I used to do television commercials for him. His name...
he billed himself as "The Son of Kurtis Blow" to give him an air of credibility that helped propel the hip-hop trio into the pop culture stratosphere. But Blow's influence didn’t begin and end with his "adopted son": Everyone from Russell ...
When Abloh broke off to start his own label, Off-White c/o Virgil Abloh, and Williams to start his, Alyx, so did Preston, launching a webshop, HPC Trading Co., to sell various wares. But after the success of the DSNY project, Abloh encouraged him to take things up a notch. “He ...
Ariel Borujow (The Black Eyed Peas, P Diddy, Kanye West) Absolutely! A mentor told me a long time ago that it’s the ear not the gear, so it doesn’t matter. When I started going freelance, I had an Mbox with stock plug-ins and that’s how I was making money. I was just co...
With the hip-hop world in his palm, Kanye decided to reach for another groove. His quest led him to sampling French dance duo Daft Punk’s “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger.” West’s “Stronger” whips and thwacks in a way none of his sped up soul-sampling single ever ...
Travis Scott’s net worth is estimated at $60 million. His success in the music industry as an artist, rapper, singer, songwriter, and producer has not been a walk in the park. He has collaborated with several music industry artists, including Kanye West, Rihanna, Drake, and Justin Bieber...
“i mean, his death did make the music that much bigger. there are people who see that and want to capitalize on it.” x's manager, sobande, spent as much time with him as anyone, trailing him on his over-the-top tours, a period which sobande describes as “some of the most ...
Kanye West called—he was working on what would become The Life of Pablo. He wondered if Chance wanted to come hang out in L.A. Chance flew in with God in his heart. “So my vibes that I brought were actually gospel vibes. I was like, ‘Let's sample this, let's make some ...
When pressed about his conversations with West, Kushner told reporters last month said that they’re simply good friends. “Kanye’s been a friend of mine for … I’ve known him for about 10 years,” he said. “We talk every now and then about different things. We both happened to be...
Your career got off to a crazy start onThe Crow, with you standing in for Brandon Lee following his death during filming. How did you pick yourself back up after that? I read that you two were friends who trained together. Yeah. We ran in the same ...